dentate nucleus

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   a large laminar nucleus of grey matter within the white matter of each cerebral hemisphere

   Broadernucleus

   Part ofcerebellum

Questions about dentate nucleus

What does dentate nucleus mean?

dentate nucleus means "a large laminar nucleus of grey matter within the white matter of each cerebral hemisphere".

Is dentate nucleus a common word?

dentate nucleus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.